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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1992

THE DANCE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

PROMOTES CULTURAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HONG KONG, MACAU AND CHINA. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1981 WHEN ONLY HONG KONG AND MACAU WERE INVOLVED.

TODAY, THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME INCLUDES GUANGDONG AND FUZHOU. THE LATTER ONLY JOINS THIS YEAR.

IT IS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT TO BE HELD IN ONE OF THE FOUR AREAS.

TOMORROW'S DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA IS SPONSORED BY THE HEUNG YEE KUK

COMMITTEE.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR ROBERT LO CHUN-HANG, AND ACTING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PAUL LEUNG SAJ-WAH, WILL OFFICIATE.

THE MAINLAND DANCERS ARE FROM THE SHANTOU KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND ZHANJIANG CITY TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE, FUZHOU CITY PRIMARY STUDENTS OF CANGSHAN DISTRICT WHILE THE MACAU DANCERS ARE PERFORMERS AT THE MACAU INTER-SCHOOL DANCE COMPETITION HELD THIS YEAR.

THE HONG KONG TEAM IS FORMED FROM THOSE WHO HAD JOINED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL DANCR TRAINING SCHEME AND COMPRISES WINNERS AT THE SCHOOL DANCE FESTIVAL.

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153 RETURN TO VIETNAM

A GROUP OF 153 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 61 MEN, 35 WOMEN, 26 BOYS AND 31

GIRLS,

THEY WERE

THE 114TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THE GROUP BROUGHT TO 6,338 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 20,317 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

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DTC REGISTRATION REVOKED

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OF

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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING ANNOUNCED THAT THE REGISTRATION THAI FARMERS FINANCE AND INVESTMENT LIMITED AS A DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY HAS BEEN REVOKED AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS TODAY (TUESDAY) ITS OWN REQUEST UNDER SECTION 31(2) OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE.

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